Show Boat

Name: Show Boat
Author: Edna Ferber

by Edna Ferber

Novel of theatrical life along the Mississippi River during the golden age of showboats

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Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber was one of the most successful American popular novelists of the mid-twentieth century, writing sprawling chronicles of American regional life that were frequently adapted into celebrated films and musicals. She won the Pulitzer Prize for So Big.

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